A vital element was omitted from the “report” (Letters, 9 August) concerning a special church synod on celibacy: a survey, sent out beforehand to all clergy with obscure, often unintelligible, questions probing intimate details of their private lives. Naturally, the results of the survey would only be available to the laity.Diana Russell, Burghfield Common, Berkshire l When this synod on celibacy is finally announced, I should like to volunteer my services. As a married woman with f